Monday, March 12, 2012

Impeach President Obama?

Today a resolution was introduced in Congress to impeach Obama.

...if he proceeds to an act of war without Congressional approval. 

Here is a section from the original story:

“ ‘This week it was Secretary of Defense Panetta’s declaration before the Senate Armed Services Committee that he and President Obama look not to the Congress for authorization to bomb Syria, but to NATO and the United Nation,” Tandcredo writes. “This led to Rep Walter Jones, R- N.C., introducing an official resolution calling for impeachment should Obama take offensive action based on Pannetta’s policy statement, because it would violate the Constitution.’

In response to question from Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., over who determines the proper and legal use of the U.S. military, Panetta said, “Our goal would be to seek international permission and we would… come to the Congress and inform you and determine how best to approach this, whether or not we would want to get permission from the Congress- I think those are issues we would have to discuss as we decide what to do here.’ ”

Key words in that first paragraph: "...look not to the Congress for authorization to bomb Syria but to NATO and the United Nations."

Maybe my memory is a little fuzzy, but I do believe that the Democrats were constantly accusing President Bush of starting an illegal war, even after he followed the Constitutional mandate and obtained Congressional Approval.

So this should be interesting, because if the President does indeed pull this trigger without proper authorization, it is the Speaker of the House's duty to immediately start impeachment proceedings.

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